The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-12
O'BRIEN
Arrival of the Man Who Has Come
Over to Interview Lord
LansdoWne.
His Speech in Reply to the Hearty
Welcome He Re-
ceived.

NEW YORK, May 10.-Persistency and patience
achieved notable victory yesterday. and the
Irish committee OF welcome a. ast fos9a i MI tho
dead of night about forty miles from New YORK,
in a dense fog, and in damp, dismal weather,
gloomy, and never, perhaps, mas there @ 9een more more
took place when the committees steamer got
along side the immense Cunarder Umoria: Ihere
rousng cheer which was answered from rom tnT cue
big steamer, but when second cheer was gwen @ ior
civilian OBrien and ireland, 5n9y 5ney
were all not cheers that responded; ed
some of the cheers were for LORD
Iandsdowne Then, out upon that heaying. sea, in
the midst of the fog and damp sleets, Engllsh ana
Irish antagonists, found abundant Vens' od
save the Queen and ''God save Ireland, hacEeu
and hacked each other and jeer and jbe and taunt
passed acrossed the intervening tide s...,, A.,
sTake that line" was roughly spoken from MUS tle
smaller vessel and the answer came from capt
lIcMackin. u,,,,, o,or,oido and
treating us like dogs J"
body on board without the health officers permit.
He 5Mr. McMackin) was Informed that the d9ctor
on board, and also tne custom nouse tS fo'
Then he was told that o Brien was wanted from
the Umbria as was also Bishop Ireland
"Take him - SAID voice, referring to U Brlen'
sWe'll have cletr weather, now that Jonah Is ga
ing and Mr.. O'Brien came TO tne SangWay anu
aAre tn re any friends of mime on board who
wish me to 90 to New York tonight!
eyes, was the ringing answer. -,
ssThen shall 60 said Mr.. 'Brien, sin comph'
ment to the towards on board this ship"
The process of transfer was tedious and alihcult
pishon Greiand elected to remain on board, but
Mr. O'Brien and the other passengers Came down
The latter Irish patriot was warmly welcomed ahg
there was renewal of the taunts, cheers ahG
counter cheers, as the vessels grew faint 10 each
other in the fog.
Mr.. o. OBrien's passage had not been an unmixet
Measure He was subjected to various annoyances
by his fellow passengers. Bishup Ireland, on ont
occasion, rebaked them, saying that he could cal
up six hundred passengers from tne era Wn'
gers affected to regard as threat. After somt
preliminary amenities Mr.. O'Brien was presented
with an address which was sent out last nlght IL
anticipation of hi. arrival
o'BRIENs SPEECH
Mr.. O'Bren said that he thanked the unexpected
and hospitable welcome. He regretted most heart
i!v the severity of the weather by which their hos
pitality had been tested. Then he spoke of the
Irish spirit which it was impossible to come int
contact with, without feeling that lrelands caus
was immortal and uncOnQuerable. While he coult
not make anything of speech, he woult
cay he was engaged upon what wa
to some extent, perhaps, dangerous ., ms ms
sion. Lord LansdOwne had been cnOsel
by the landlords as pioneer and champion of tht
body in the work of determination. They had no
been able to stem the torrent OF evicu0ns, Du
they had been able to protect tenants who mad hat
the pluck to adopt the 'plan of campaign, and {
stand by it. Five hundred poor tenants had bee
evicted in three months of this year in ireland
but not one who .had adopted the 'plan OF cam
paign," because the tenants were fed and main
tanned ont of the landlords rent as long as
penny remained. The consequence was tina
they had made evictions expensive. Lord Lans
doWne had made a test case, and he had come her
to make it a test case, too, and to meet him on til
steps of his own throne; II Lord LansdowNIh ENIl
thought he could carry on these evictiOns he (Nll
O'Brien) thought there were million lrlsh Can
adams who would want TO know the reason why
He asked the Canadians to be, the judges
He then referred to the tryln
time in Ireland at present., but he though
rh Y had a leader in whom they conld rely Oh
Charles Stewart Parnell. Never before were til
nf Iraia md
were their enemies in such di5may. Applause
Hugh McCaffrey extended an invitation I
OBrien to visit Philadelphia and promised MN MN
a rousing reception. The gentlemen present wer
then introduced to q Brien and pleasant courte
sizes were exchanged, as the boat male is way t
the city. On his arrival he was driven to the Hof
man house.
o'BRIEN INTERVIEWED.
William NTH O'Brien, editor of the Unite
ireland, was seen at the Hoffman house thls morn m
ing, and after alluding to the band OF British 10y
alists who had tried to make it uncomfortable 10
him on the voyage over, he said: 81 cannot wal
to speak in New York, as much as | would wis
to- My mission is to Canada, and must guar
all my strength, besides they have the right first
hear. l shall start for Montreal to.night, an
shall make my first speech there. hear my lris
friends have been refused every large hall in Nor
treal, but that will make no difference, If nece
sary, shall sreak in the public square"
'Have you any fears of troube:'
"Not the least. | 90 to Canada on a missio
popular alike with Protestant and Catholic an
will set forth the wrongs of the farmers OF Ulst
as tOrClOly as those OF tne tOllerS Oh Tue sOull
There is no religious question in the matter for
is purely one of human justice. l appreciate II
intended honor of an escort from Ireland to Ne
York, but l have declined it and ehall 60
Canada just as simple traveller ON a peacef
erraud.''
Mr.. O'Brien emphatically denies that Parnell
sick or suffering from cancer, and says the gre
Irish leader was never better in his life.
further says the coercion bill will pass, but it W
react its promoters and will certainly be T
pealed when its obnoxious provisions beCon
more so by enforcement
Speaking of the Parnell letter, of which so nut
has been said and writer, o 'Brien asserted 1t WI
forgery and very clumsy one at that. He won
not say that Pigatt was the forger, but he spoke
him as RENEGADE, and said if he did not write Il
letter he was fully capable of just such thing.
O'Brien says if he gets back from Canada safel
of which he has no doubt, he will spend wet
speaking in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
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